The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-24

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/ -,e-->--A,, Plymouth Church, 3 O'Clock p. NJ.
| GRAND oPERA-HOUSE-Fran Mayo in '.Nor-
| deck" evening.
! ing
| The annual meeting of the Y. M. G. A. will be
held on Sunday, the 9th of March.
| The following pensions were licensed to marry
yesterday: William D. Hutton and Mary
| Hewson, Edward James and Eva Dolby, Henry
! w. kornegan and Anna Nora.
Aaron G. Goodman and wife, of Hartford City,
Conn.,, have sold the block on the corner OF Del
aware Maryland streets, formerly occupied by
| Jacob l.. Bieler e. Co., merchants, to Charles
Dammeyer. Consideration $l5,500
The commencement exercises of the Central
College OF Physicians and Surgeons will occur
| at Plymouth Church Saturday afternoon. Pro-
lessor j. A. Sutcliffe will deliver the baccalaure-
| ate address, and NJ. T. Wegmann the valedic-
| tory.
MORE COLD WEATHER.
The local signal service observer last night re-
ceived instructions to hoist the cold wave flag.
1t is predicted that the temperature will fall
from fifteen to twenty-five degrees before to-
| morrow morning
| wELL-KNOwN GERMAN DEAD.
! Herman Altman, a well-known German cti-
zen, died at his residence No. AZ Virginia ave-
nue., last night, aged ffty-two. For several
| weeks he has been suffering from quinsy, but
! the immediate cause of his death was blood
| poisoning. For years he has been known as the
/ owner and manager of Altman's Hall, on South
| Meridian street.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FILED YESTERDAY.
J The Wabash Loan Fund and Building Asso-
citation, with capital stock of $500, 600, was in
corporated yesterday. It's directors are Oliver
| r
dali. Warren Bigler, Hiram E. Cote, John Hip
| kind. w. L. Russell and Thomas G. Maderdorg
| The Jacksonville e New Albany Railroad
| Company, with Sc 500 capital stock was also in
| corporated. The road will be about four miles
| in length
| HON. JESSE j. sPANNs DEATH.
Mayor Denny received letter from the attor-
neys at Rushville asking him to extend call to
the bar of Indianapolis to meet and take some
action on the death of Hon. Jesse j. Spann, and
| ii possible send delegation to attend the fun
eral. which will occur on Sunday at 1890 o'clock
| MIR. Denny called the attention of the more
prominent attorneys to the invitation, and q
meeting will perhaps be called to-day to take
| some action and appoint committee to attend
| the obsequies.
| NEW POLICE DISTRICT.
So much complaint has recently come from
tho northern part of the city that policemen
enough are not furnished there that Superin-
tendent Colbert has established new district
! by cutting from the two large districts. The
new district is bounded on the west by Tennes-
see. on the south by st. Clair on the east by
Delaware and on the north by the city limits
| Patrolman Farrell will the district in the
day, and Long and Gibben at night.
CHARGED WITH ENTERTAINMENT.
| Detective Ben Thornton last evening arrested
James p Weaver, of No 1872 North Alabama
street. on charge of emoezzlement. Weaver
| was formerly a resident of Sullivan this State
and came to this city and engaged in the sale of
patent right. He was arrested at the instance
| of W. W. Boatwright on the charge Of having
sold territory and appropriated the money, when
| the territory had been previously sold to other
persons Mr. Weaver protests his innocence,
and says he will be able to prove that his trans.
actions have all been straight He is married
and has a family. He will be taken to Sullivan
Tor hearing this morning.
BANQUET OF THE FLORISTS
| TIE city florists yesterday took their visiting
brethren, who had attended the convention of
Tuesday, about the city in carriages to every in
stitution private enterprise where Horticulture
was made a feature. In the afternoon Schweit
zer's banquet-room was thronged with the flor
| lists, and an address of welcome was delivered
| by Mr.. Langstaf Of this city which was re-
| sponded to by President Carmody of Evans
| VILE. Appropriate remarks were also made by
| Mr.. Cox, of Charlottesville; MIR. Anger, of Fort
| Wayne, and Mr.. Hill, of Richmond At the
hour of disbandment number of magnif-
| cent roses and carnations were received from the
| East.
OFFICERS OF TIE KNIGHTS OF HONOR
The twelfth annual session of the Knieh hts Of
Honor was concluded yesterday The whole
forenoon was consumed in the transaction Of
private business affecting the order In the
afternoon the election and installation of officers
was gone into with the following result:
| Grand Dictator. W. Workman. Evansville.
| Vice-grand Dictator-H s. Lane Vincennes.
| Assistant Dictator jesse Cook Westfeld.
Grand Guide--Shelby Sexton, North MANCHESTER.
| Grand Guardian-A j. Sargent, Rushvile
| Grand Sentinel-E. H. Carpenter
Grand Reporter. w. Jacobs, Jeffersonville
! Grand Treasnfer--W. B. Godfrey. Evansville
| Trustee-D. Robinson North Vernon.
Representative to Supreme Lodge-A. w. Conduit
| Indianapolis
Medical Examiner. A. Swatzel, Vncennes.
The Grand Lodge then adjourned until Feb
ruary, 1889, to meet in this city.
DIscREDITABLE DEMOCRATIC TRICK
| "Uncle Joe" Brown, whose face has long been
familiar to all who had occasion to frequent the
courthouse, has always been an uncompromis
ing Republican. When the war broke out he
was living in the South, and because of his
fealty to the Union heswas driven from home
and came to this city, where. by the aid oil
friends he, though quite DID, has been able te
make living. Two years ago he was given per
mission by the commissioners to establish
cigar and fruit stand in the court house. He
made from the stand between one AMI two dol
lars per day-a very comfortable living for him
Everybody liked him. Four weeks ago he re
ceived a communication from the Democratic
board of commissioners that he would have te
Ia as thov had
come to the conclusion that a stand was
nuisance there, fo- the that it took mp toe
much room Mr.. Brown after a weeks hunting
found a small room on Court street. where he
moyed hia stand. Yrs larnar a nezx stand tha